Sligo_County_Council

Sligo County Council

Sligo County Council

Local authority of County Sligo, Ireland


Sligo County Council (Irish: Comhairle Chontae Shligigh) is the local authority of County Sligo, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 18 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a chief executive, Martin Lydon. The county town is Sligo.

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The area governed by the council

History

Originally meetings of Sligo County Council were held at Sligo Courthouse.[1] The county council moved to modern facilities, known as County Hall (Irish: Áras an Chontae), in June 1979.[2]

Following the 2015 RTÉ programme Standards in Public Office, in March 2019, Joe Queenan was found by the Standards in Public Office Commission to have contravened the Local Government Act in three different instances, including failure to maintain proper standards of integrity, conduct and concern for the public interest.[3]

Regional Assembly

Sligo County Council has two representatives on the Northern and Western Regional Assembly where they are part of the Border Strategic Planning Area Committee.[4]

Elections

Members of Sligo County Council are elected for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) from multi-member local electoral areas (LEAs).

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Local electoral areas and municipal districts

County Sligo is divided into borough and municipal districts and LEAs, defined by electoral divisions.[5] The municipal district which contains the administrative area of the former borough of Sligo is referred to as a borough district.[6]

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Councillors

2019 seats summary

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Councillors by electoral area

This list reflects the order in which councillors were elected on 24 May 2019.[7]

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Notes
  1. Replaced during term, see table below for details.
  2. Solidarity–People Before Profit was renamed as People Before Profit–Solidarity in June 2021.

Co-options

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References

  1. "Local Authorities". Oireachtas. 26 May 1982. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. "Model Publication Scheme" (PDF). Sligo County Council. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. Kelly, Fiach (26 March 2019). "Sipo finds against two councillors over RTÉ undercover report". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014, Article 5 and Schedule 3 (S.I. No. 573 of 2014). Signed on 16 December 2014. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 17 April 2023.
  5. County of Sligo Local Electoral Areas and Municipal Districts Order 2018 (S.I. No. 632 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 11 September 2020.
  6. Local Government Reform Act 2014, s. 19: Municipal districts (No. 1 of 2014, s. 19). Enacted on 27 January 2014. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 5 September 2020.
  7. "Local Elections 2019: Results, Transfer of Votes and Statistics" (PDF). Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. pp. 184–186. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

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